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One of the most significant milestones in the 50-plus year history of this church took place in 2011 when the decision was made to change our denominational affiliation from the Evangelical Free Church of America to the Southern Baptist Convention on February 13, 2011. The congregational vote on adopting the Church Board’s unanimous recommendation was overwhelmingly in favor of the motion. It was a difficult decision after our fifty-year history as a Free Church, but this change was something we felt necessary after much prayer and discussion about the future of our church.

There are several reasons for this change, but probably the single factor that most influenced the almost unanimous acceptance of this change in our denominational affiliation was the Southern Baptist group, Alabama Campers on Mission, that came to our rescue in 2007 when our sanctuary was condemned due to structural damage to the trusses by powder post beetles. Our church would probably not even be in existence today without their timely assistance, and the bond that was forged during that critical period has grown even stronger over the past three years. Our request to affiliate with the Brevard Baptist Association (BBA) of the Southern Baptist Convention was formally approved at a meeting of the BBA Executive Committee on March 31, 2011, when we were accepted into their fellowship, effectively terminating our relationship with the Evangelical Free Church of America.

We currently plan to continue to honor our present EFCA individual missions support commitments. We certainly continue to pray God’s blessing upon a movement that has had such a positive impact, not only in this country but also around the world through the EFCA missions program, but we are excited about this new direction for our church.